Spinal intramedullary aberrant Spirocerca lupi migration in 3 dogs

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 860-864

  Dvir, Eran ^a   Perl, Samuel ^b   Loeb, Emmanuel ^c   Shklar Hirsch, Shoshi ^c   Chai, Orit ^c   Mazaki Tovi, Michal ^c   Aroch, Itamar ^c   Shamir, Merav H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; THELAZIA;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS; THELAZIOIDEA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; SPIROCERCA LUPI;

EID: 34547788795     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2007)21[860:SIASLM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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